BACKGROUND CONTEXT Since implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (ACA) in 2010, more Americans have health insurance, and many racial/ethnic …

Background Patient deprivation is associated with greater need for total hip and knee
replacement surgery (THR/TKR) and a higher prevalence of risk factors for surgical …

Study Design. A retrospective review of the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative
System database of the New York State. Objective. This study examined the rate of increase …

Study Design Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Objectives To evaluate the impact of
race on post-operative outcomes and complications following elective spine surgery in the …

Study Design. Cross-sectional population-based study. Objectives. To assess whether the
association between socioeconomic status and severe back pain can be explained by the …

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Objective The demand for treating degenerative lumbar spinal disease has been increasing,
leading to increased utilization of medical resources. Thus, we need to understand how the …

Study Design. Retrospective analysis of Nationwide Inpatient Sample and US Census data.
Objective. To (1) document national trends in surgical hospitalizations with the primary …

BACKGROUND Previous reports have suggested an increasing rate of utilization of spinal
fusions, but contemporary data have not been analyzed, and there has been little …

Objective To investigate elective rates of spinal fusion, decompression, and disc
replacement procedures for people with degenerative conditions, by funding type (public …